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Idiom

spot check

Meaning

A cursory inspection or examination, especially of a sample of something.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“The manager does a spot check of the store every morning.”

“The supervisor performed a random spot check on the assembly line to ensure that all safety protocols were being followed correctly.”

“During the audit, the inspectors conducted a rigorous spot check of the financial records to identify any potential discrepancies in the accounting process.”

Examples

simple

“The manager does a spot check of the store every morning.”

contextual

“The supervisor performed a random spot check on the assembly line to ensure that all safety protocols were being followed correctly.”

complex

“During the audit, the inspectors conducted a rigorous spot check of the financial records to identify any potential discrepancies in the accounting process.”

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